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The first volume in a history of World War II as only Winston Churchill could tell it
Churchill's history of the Second World War is, and will remain, the definitive work. Lucid, dramatic, and remarkable for its breadth and sweep and for its sense of personal involvement, it is universally acknowledged as a magnificent reconstruction.
Originally published in six volumes, Churchill’s tome is presented here in four volumes: Milestone to Disaster, Alone, The Grand Alliance, and Triumph and Tragedy.
This work is part of Brilliance Audio's extensive Classic Collection, bringing you timeless masterpieces that you and your family are sure to love.
- Sales Rank: #651637 in Books
- Brand: Churchill, Winston/ Rodska, Christian (NRT)
- Published on: 2015-04-07
- Formats: Audiobook, MP3 Audio, Unabridged
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 6.75" h x .50" w x 5.25" l,
- Running time: 11 Hours
- Binding: MP3 CD
About the Author
Sir Winston Churchill was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953 “for his mastery of historical and biographical description as well as for brilliant oratory in defending exalted human values.” Over a 64-year span, Churchill published over 40 books, many multi-volume definitive accounts of historical events to which he was a witness and participant. All are beautifully written and as accessible and relevant today as when first published. During his fifty-year political career, Churchill served twice as Prime Minister in addition to other prominent positions―including President of the Board of Trade, First Lord of the Admiralty, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Home Secretary. In the 1930s, Churchill was one of the first to recognize the danger of the rising Nazi power in Germany and to campaign for rearmament in Britain. His leadership and inspired broadcasts and speeches during World War II helped strengthen British resistance to Adolf Hitler―and played an important part in the Allies’ eventual triumph. One of the most inspiring wartime leaders of modern history, Churchill was also an orator, a historian, a journalist, and an artist. All of these aspects of Churchill are fully represented in this collection of his works.
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful.
Everyone should read (or listen to) this book
By Amber
There are dozens of 5-star reviews for this audiobook on the Audible website, to which I don't have much to add, but only one review here on Amazon, so I'm writing to correct that.
For a long time, I had been feeling rather ashamed of the extremely limited scope of my knowledge of WWII-- in high school world history classes, it tends to get quickly crammed in at the end of the year, and the lesson all too often consists of: "Pearl Harbor; 1941-1945; Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin versus Hitler; we won!" I'm reminded of a certain Simpsons episode where the children are streaming out of the school for summer, and Principal Skinner calls out from the steps, "Don't you want to know how World War II ended? We won!"
That one of the greatest, if not THE greatest, tragedies in human history has been reduced to this in the American education system is beyond shameful. So I set out to rectify it, for myself at least, but didn't know where to start. There are lots of books on WWII, of course, but they tend to fall into three classes: informative but dry military histories that make me want to gouge my eyes out; exciting personal narratives that tell the story of a person or small group of people, but don't capture the scope of the whole war; and historical fiction, which is fun to read but defeats the point in this case, which for me was to learn about the actual war and not a made-up one.
The Second World War is unique in that it is the only existing account of the war by one of the major heads of state who lived it and directed it. If you read nothing else about World War II, I urge you to read (or listen to) this book. It is both a wonderful read (and an even more wonderful listen) and highly educational. Tastes great AND good for you!
A note about the text: Churchill's The Second World War was originally a six-volume work, which contained the following volumes:
1. The Gathering Storm
2. Their Finest Hour
3. The Grand Alliance
4. The Hinge of Fate
5. Closing the Ring
6. Triumph and Tragedy
He later personally condensed the work into four volumes:
1. Milestones to Disaster
2. Alone
3. The Grand Alliance
4. Triumph and Tragedy
This book, Milestones to Disaster, is Volume 1 of the condensed 4-volume version. It covers the period from roughly 1920, or shortly after the end of The Great War (better known now as World War I), to April 1940, when the blitzkrieg began in earnest and Churchill was made prime minister.
The story itself is remarkable enough. Churchill's writing is somehow both workmanlike and eloquent at the same time; his grasp of the political and military realities brilliant; his blending of epic war story, political intrigue, hair-raising battle scenes, and intensely personal narrative masterful. He takes the reader from the chambers of Parliament in London, to the frozen wastes of Norway, to the south Atlantic, and back again to the back garden of No. 10 Downing Street. While I'm no expert on WWII writings, I don't think I'm going out on a limb to say there are probably few other factual memoirs of the war that tell a story of this scope without bogging down into something with the consistency of sawdust.
I should point out there are a few things this book is NOT. It is NOT the story of the Holocaust, and Churchill says so fairly early on. The horrors of the purges and concentration camps are mentioned, but that is all. It is NOT a truly all-encompassing compendium of the war. And it is NOT intended to be an objective history text. Churchill also makes that clear early on. Rather, it is one man's experience of the war, unapologetically told through the lens of his opinions, although that one man had access to more knowledge about the war than virtually anyone on the planet then or since. (I personally think this may be an advantage because its personal angle makes it inherently more accessible.)
On top of all these remarkable qualities of the book itself, this particular audio version is superbly read by narrator Christian Rodska, who sounds eerily like Churchill and gives a rather good impression that Churchill himself is telling us the story of the war. I've compared Rodska's narration with clips of Churchill's actual speeches, and the accent, cadence, and inflection are spot-on, while the pitch and tenor of voice are not identical but similar enough to pass. The main difference is that Rodska has much better diction than Churchill, and thank goodness for that. Churchill talked like he had a mouthful of marbles, and I think I'd kill myself if I had to listen to 10 hours of that! The narration adopts Churchill's characteristic low-key, even delivery, but vibrates with emotion when the text calls for it. Rodska's reading throbs with the sense of foreboding and menace as Hitler's shadow stretched across Europe in the 1930s. It burns with Churchill's outrage, frustration, and even despair as his years of warnings and dire predictions go continually unheeded, and numerous opportunities to stop the German threat with little or no violence pass away and are lost. (Indeed, when asked after the war what it should be called, Churchill promptly replied, "The Unnecessary War.") And it aches with the misery and loss of life on the battlefield as Europe's manhood dashed itself against the anvil of war.
The book does have a few cons, but they are minor in my opinion and quite forgivable. First, because it is a personal narrative, and Churchill's most immediate experience was as a British politician, it focuses at times quite heavily on the inner workings of the British government and its intrigues and clashes. The resulting parade of personages can be confusing, and while listening to it, I often wished I had a Cast of Characters to refer to. Second, Churchill is a bit heavy-handed with the "I told you so" routine. When I heard him issue a disclaimer at the beginning in which he states that he does not condemn any course of action in the book unless he personally went on public record against it at the time, I had a feeling there was about to be a lot of "I told you so" coming, and I wasn't wrong. To hear Churchill tell it, one might almost conclude that no one had any intelligent ideas about how to conduct the war other than himself... and possibly Hitler.
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Churchill delivers an insightful glimpse to the time between the wars
By Red Eagle's Legacy
Winston Churchill by any account must be one of the most amazing statesmen of the 20th century. His unparalleled position at the highest levels of government through both World Wars puts him in a unique position to reveal the forces at work in the interregnum between the two. In Milestones to Disaster, he does just that – not as he says as a “history” – but as an eyewitness account to be used by future historians. The fact that he is himself a masterful writer helps one not wait for some future analysis. This work is not only accessible, but it is a very enjoyable if unsettling glimpse into the European political shake-ups of the 1920’s and 1930’s.
I was given Churchill’s six volume history of World War II by my great uncle who had the privilege to meet the then Prime Minister at Harvard. Churchill spoke to the Navy officers that were being barracked there during the U.S.’s initial involvements in the war. This work is actually an abridgment of the first volume of that set The Gathering Storm. Churchill did the trimming himself for this work, but it has been pleasant to peruse the unabridged work to see what has been removed. Mainly it is coordinating documents that help to strengthen the assertions made by the author. It also contains several appendices that contain correspondence between Churchill and other world leaders and politicians. Both the full length and edited versions are readily accessible online and make worthy additions to any library.
In Milestones, the period after the Treaty of Versailles is examined with a brutal eye to all the failings made by the then world powers to keep Germany in check. One misstep after another is frighteningly unfolded for the reader. Even though, we all know where this story leads, it gives one a knot in the gut to see how it all may have been avoided. Churchill reveals how, to his thinking, the overwhelming liberal policies of socialism and disarmament weakened the victorious nations to a point where the defeated Germany could rise under Hitler’s cult of personality. By backing off in the critical moments again and again and capitulating to appease the Führer, the European governments doomed the world to repeat on a larger scale the slaughter of the first World War.
Mr. Churchill is definitely not afraid to point out the mistakes of others. While I’m sure that the facts that are being recorded are all trustworthy, he has gone a fair way to frame them to cast a better light on his position during this time. Churchill was consistently sounding the warning of Germany’s re-armament, and he takes great pride in his un-involvement of the policies that allowed this to happen. He doesn’t sweep his own personal misjudgments under the rug, but he shines a hard light on the British administrations that he sees as failing to protect the world from the German threat. He believes the playing out of Hitler’s conquest of central Europe is a vindication of his viewpoints, and he perceives his rise as an appointment of destiny.
If you’re not familiar with how Germany came a mere twenty years after being completely despoiled to conquering the Rhineland, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Denmark, Norway, Belgium, and Holland with virtually no resistance, this is the book to read. It’s a tragic tale, but one that needs to be understood if but for the hope that it will not be repeated. Churchill truly is one of the great twentieth century writers, and you will not be disappointed by his recollection.
7 stars out of 10
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.
The ultimate insider's point of view
By M. Larsen
Almost very WWII book I have read has been from the American point of view. Therefore, I found this book to be quite different and interesting. Much of this first book in the series revolves around the buildup to the war. Churchill hammers home how time after time the Nazi movement could have easily been snuffed out in its infancy but indecision, underestimation and appeasement by European leaders allowed Hitler to ready his war machine. He relates his positions and opinions at the time and how they did or might have effected the eventual outcome. I look forward to the rest of the series.
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